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Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in Havering | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £1,565 | £18,780 |
| 1 bedroom | £1,217 | £14,604 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,542 | £18,504 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,847 | £22,164 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,496 | £29,952 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£508k): a gross yield of about 3.7%.
| Elm Park East | Havering | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 15% | 16% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 53 | 53 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Havering has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team.
| Elm Park East | Havering | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| Elm Park East | Havering | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +3% | +5% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | +1% | +2% | +3% |
| People added per new home, 2021–2024 | 11.3 | 17.8 | 5.1 |
| Housing pressure vs region | 2.8 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Central Romford | 4.9 | £314k | +32% | 37% | 0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Hill East | 4.0 | £382k | +64% | 13% | 0% |
| Harold Hill West | 3.7 | £402k | +55% | 13% | 0% |
| Dagnam Park & Noak Hill | 3.7 | £425k | +50% | 12% | 0% |
| Hornchurch Marshes | 3.6 | £407k | +56% | 14% | 0% |
| Rainham West | 3.6 | £443k | +62% | 24% | 0% |
| Petersfield Avenue & Duck Wood | 3.6 | £431k | +55% | 13% | 0% |
| Rush Green | 3.5 | £427k | +44% | 26% | 0% |
| Romford South | 3.5 | £404k | +49% | 30% | 0% |
| South Hornchurch | 3.5 | £438k | +56% | 13% | 0% |
| Romford North West | 3.5 | £427k | +58% | 18% | 0% |
| Collier Row & Park Farm | 3.4 | £439k | +54% | 14% | 0% |
| Harold Park & Harold Wood | 3.4 | £440k | +44% | 18% | 0% |
| Elm Park West | 3.4 | £451k | +54% | 13% | 0% |
| Havering-atte-Bower & Chase Cross | 3.4 | £464k | +57% | 12% | 0% |
| Rainham East & Wennington | 3.3 | £467k | +58% | 11% | 0% |
| Romford North | 3.3 | £484k | +55% | 14% | 0% |
| Hacton | 3.1 | £496k | +46% | 9% | 0% |
| Ardleigh Green | 3.1 | £472k | +55% | 14% | 0% |
| Cranham East | 3.0 | £498k | +45% | 11% | 0% |
| Hornchurch | 3.0 | £446k | +43% | 21% | 0% |
| Hylands | 3.0 | £484k | +57% | 12% | 0% |
| Upminster Bridge | 3.0 | £481k | +48% | 19% | 0% |
| Elm Park East (this one) | 3.0 | £508k | +45% | 15% | 0% |
| Rise Park | 2.7 | £524k | +50% | 8% | 0% |
| Romford East | 2.7 | £560k | +56% | 13% | 0% |
| Gidea Park | 2.6 | £556k | +41% | 19% | 0% |
| Upminster North & Cranham West | 2.4 | £623k | +40% | 8% | 0% |
| Upminster South & Corbets Tey | 2.0 | £710k | +53% | 5% | 0% |
| Emerson Park | 1.9 | £936k | +45% | 6% | 0% |
Local Housing Allowance, Outer North East London rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £550 · 1 bed £1,000 · 2 beds £1,250 · 3 beds £1,500 · 4 beds £1,800. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 4.19% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 3.56% · 3-bed vs semis 3.4%.
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